Several Texas children were told to test for rabies after they were caught “kicking and tossing” an infected bat on a school playground.
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The bat was found on the Lagos Primary School playground earlier this week in Manor. The security guards reported that the children were caught playing with the bat for approximately nine minutes early Monday morning after reviewing surveillance footage.
Later that week, the Texas Department of State Services carried out a series of tests on bats and confirmed that they had rabies. Parents were given immediate notice to test their children. The local animal control officer, Jacqueline Padhaisky, said in a statement that she knew the animal was infected with rabies as it had several symptoms associated with the disease prior to testing.
‘Before i tested it, I had a bad feeling because it wasn’t flying, it wasn’t injured…it was flip-flopping,’
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Padhaisky also urged the public to get rabies shots immediately if they are bitten by an infected animal.
‘If you get infected by a rabid animal and you don’t know it or you don’t go and take care of it right away with the shots – once you start showing rabies symptoms, it’s too late”
As of Friday, none of the children were reportedly infected with the disease.
SOURCE: Daily Mail
Your article is incorrect! There is NO testing to determine if a person has been exposed to rabies! All those kids will have to undergo post-exposure treatments for rabies. And they need to be lectured about 1. Playing with bats, and 2. Being cruel to helpless little animals, whether they are sick or not!